Stencil-machine.



R. G. WIGHT.

STENGIL MAGHINE.

APPLIOATION rum) AUG. 20, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS R. o. WIGHT.

STENGIL MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.- 26, 1909.

Pa tented' Feb. 15, 1910.

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ATTOR/VE Y8 R. O. WIGHT.

STENCIL MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED AUG. 26, 1909.

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Patented Feb. 15

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RICHARD c. wrerrr', or mcniuoivn, VIRGINIA.

STENCIL-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed August 26, 1909. Serial No. 514,796.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD G. WIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stencil-Machines, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in means for marking names or addresses on various articles such as boxes, or packages intended for shipment or for storage etc., and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

My invention is more particularly designed for use in places'where a number of packages or articles have to be impressed with the same name and address, although it may beconveniently used Where only one name and address is to be impressed.

The main object of my invention is to provide a device in which a name can be quickly set up and then impressed upon the article at one operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device in which the ink required for the operation may be supplied at each impression without necessitating the use of a brush or other device requiring extra manual operation.

Further objects and advantages will a pear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar reference "characters indicate like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l shows a side view of the device in its operative position, Fig. 2 shows a plan view of a portion of the device, Fig. 3 1s a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a section along the line 5--5 of Fig. 3,- Fig. 6 is a detail view showin the openings for shifting the racks, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the rack bar and the shifting means.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be seen that 'I have provided a main casing A which as seen from Figs. 1 and 3, consists of a fiat top a and a bottom I) sloping from the ends to the center. At each end of-the casing A, I provide a mechanism which is most clearly shown in Fig. 3. This consists which ma top of the caslng and to which is pivotally attached the lever 2 1, and another lever 3 on the forward portion of the arm. The. lever 3 supports a handle 4. Pivotally attached at the end of the lever 2 is a downwardly depending arm 5 bearing a resilient pad 6 on its lower extremity. The arm 5 and the lever 2 are both pivotally connected with the lever 3 at the point (13 by the respective links 7 and 8,'the connections being such that when the handle is swung from the full line position indicated in Fig. 3 to the dotted line position, the levers and links will assume the dotted line position, and will bring the resilient pad to rest upon an ink pad 9 which is arranged on the top of the casing in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 3.

While I have described the mechanism which is connected at one end only of the handle 4, it will be understood that there are two such supporting mechanisms at each end of the handle as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The pad 6 extends transversely of the machine as shown in Fig. 2, an is arranged to rest upon the transverse pad 9.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be seen that there is a series of rollers 10 each of which is adapted to carry a ribbon 11 be made of a thin strip of brass or any sultable material, and which is perforated as shown in Fig. 2, to rovide a series of stenciled letters 12. Eac of these strips of tape is carried on a spring actuated roller 13, which is housed just'underneath the ink pad. Corresponding with the rollers 10 is a .series of ratchet wheels 14 having stops 15. Each ratchet wheel en ages a rack member 16, the upper part 0% which projects through the opening 17 in the easmg and is provided with a series of depressions 18 having letters 19 impressed at their bottoms. The racks are prevented from rising upwardly by pins 20 which are inserted through the ends of the racks just underneath the tops a. The ratchet wheels 14 are arranged to engage a smaller ratchet wheel 10 on the roller 10. A stop bar 21 extends across the top of the device for the purpose of limiting the movement of the racks. In order to release the stops 15 simultaneously I provide a handle 22 on a common operatin rod 23.

At the end 0 the casing is a counter which has an arm 24 extending into the at the end of the army of an arm 1 projecting rearwardly from the i nate with the rack bars 16 dresses, While the one downwardly turned end 3 of the lever 3 so that when the latter is pushed downwardly as in the act of im ressing the name or address, the arm 24 1s moved to 'operate the counting device. The opposite end of the casing is provided with a mechanism similar to that already described, the rack bars 25 which, it will be seen from Fig. 2, alterare used to guide the-tapes 11 which extend .to the 0' posite end. This end of the device is used For adpreviously described is used for the name, this arrangement being for the urpose of enabling the operator to set the etters on the tapes 11 forthe name and the letters on the tape 11 for the address.

7 From the foregoing description-of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof ma be readily understood. In marking a ox or package, the machine is placed upon the same, and the proper letters for the name and address are set up.

the stop bar.

This is accomplished by placing some instrument such as a pointed stick, or pencil,

. or a pointed piece of steel which may be used solely-for this purpose, in the 0 containing the character which it is to brin mto alinem'ent at the opening 26. A rack bar 16 is then moved toward the stop bar 21 until the encil or instrument meets T e movement of the rack ening esired will cause the ratchet wheel 14 to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, and the stencil tape 11 is wound upon the roller 10 against the action of the sprin of the roller 13 until the letter is brought irectly.

over the opening 26. The letters comprising the rest ofthe name are set up.in a similar manner.. The letters comprising the address may then be setup by moving theracks in the manner described, thus winding the bands or tapes 11 upon their rollers 10' by the movement of the ratchet wheels 14 It.

will be noticed in Fig. 3 that the tapes 11' pass under the idler 27 The device is now placed in position upon the box, being pressed down by the hand so as to lie flat .on the surface thereof. The handle 4 is grasped and is swung downwardly. The resilient art bearing'the ink moves from its place 0? rest on the ink pad 9 down through the openin 28, presses against the ribbon or tape 11 t ereby'stenciling the name u on the .boxes. The machine is then shifted so as to bring the opposite end in position for I dle 4 is I ou sly described for the name.

impressing the address.

The bars '27 are then moved so as to bring the proper letters on the tapes 11' in registration with a similar openin to that shown at 26. The hane ressed and the address is imprinted in t e same manner as that previ- In case a number of articles have to be marked, it will be seen that the machine will'mark them handle 4 is released, it is thrown back by.

means of the spring 29 so as to bring the resilient pad 6 in contact with the ink pad and the handle in, the dotted line position. When the operation is over, the ribbons may be released by pressin downwardly on the handles 22 and 22'. his will result in the coiling of the springs around their carrier coils 13, and the restoration of the racks to their original positions.

I claim:

1. A marking device comprising a casing, a series of spring actuated stencils carried by said casing, a resilient pad pivotally mounted on said casing, and adapted to engage all of said stencils, means for indivi ually moving said stencils, and means for impressing sai pad simultaneously on all of said stencils.

2. A marking device comprising a casing provided with an opening, a series of spring actuated stencils carried within'said casing, means for movin eachof said stencils to bring a predetermined part into registration with sa1d openin an ink pad carried by said casing, a resi ient pad normally in contact with said ink pad, and mean's,for moving said resilient pad from said ink pad into simultaneous engagement with allof said stencils. 3. A marking device comprising a hollow casing provided with an opening, a series of spring actuated rollers carried within said casing, a stencil. ribbon mounted on each of said rollers, means including a separate rack and pinion for unwinding eahh of said ribbons, and for bringing a predetermined portion into registration with the opening in said casing, a lever provided with a handle, a resilient pad, connections between said pad and said lever, an ink pad carried by said casing, said connections constituting means for brin ing the resilient pad into contact with said ink pad in one position and for bringing the resilient pad mto en agement with the registering portions of t e stencil ribbons.

4. A marking device comprising a hollow "slotted casing having an opening, in its bottom, a series of spring actuated rollers carried within said casin a stencil ribbon mounted on each of. sai rollers, provided .with a series of characters ada ted to be brou ht into registration'with sa1d opening, a rib on roller provided w1th a p nion, a

' second pinion arranged to engage with the second named pinion and rovlded on its .upper sidewith a series of epressions havmg characters, said rack bar being arranged to extend through the slots 1n sa1d caslng a sto bar extendin transversely of said rackare, a pad an d means for brmgm 'said pad into simultaneous engagement wit said stencil ribbons.

5. A marking device comprising a casing having a bottom sloping from the ends to the center and provlded with a transverse .r1bbons carried at each end of said casing,

means including a rack bar and ratchet for bringing a redetermined portion of each of said stencil ribbons into registration with said opening, means for maintaining the ribbons in position, and means for simultaby said casing, a resilient engage all of said stencils, individual rack 20 neously releasing allof the ribbons at one 15 end of said device.

6. A markin device comprising a casing, a series of spring actuated stencils carried pad adapted to bars for moving said stencils, and a series of levers for brlnging said ad slmultaneously in engagement with sald stenclls.

R. 'C. WIGHT.

l/Vitnesses W. S. RIDDICKn J. M. WILSON. 

